Fastening device for ribbon bows or neckties.



G. E. TARNOW...

Patented Dec.`15, 1908;

GEORGE E; frAnNow, or CHICAGO,l ILLINOIS.

,F.hTENENG DEVICE FOR RIXBIBGN BWSOB NECKTHIS.

No. essere.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Bec. 15, 1908.

'Appleaton e. February 7 190B. Serial No. 414,716.

' same, snob as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reiersnoe being had to the accompanying drawings, whieh form a part Oi this speci-` 'lisation My invention .has for its object to provide a simple and novelA device which may carry or be secured to a ribbon bow or to a neelrtie and be easiiy and vcsniveniently attached to the hair or at the throat of the person so as to e'ieotuaily maintain the bow or tie in proper adjustment. l

The various features oi novelty whereby my invention is eheraoteriaed will be hereinaiter nointefi ont with partieularity in the claims, but tor a iii understanding oi my invention, and oi its obvieet and advantages, reference may had to the i'oliowing detailed doser *ion in connection with the nerf-empa drawing, wherein:

'Figure .i is a perspective 'view of one ernbodirnent of my invention Fig 2 is a pian view oi a slightiy modi ed form; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a further modiiication; and Fig. 4t is a pian view of the form of my inve shown in Fig. 3,A showing a partially i owin position.'A

In Fig the drawing l have shown a device man a single piece of Wire and which is partieularly adapted to be fastened to the Olothin The wire is bent so as to form a shank composed oi two parallel members e and a. Between the ends oi each of the shank membersare laterally 'projecting arms b, b, andt, 7o', 4tliese arms being formed by Vbending the wire laterally. At one end or" the shank is formed a guard C formed by turning ythe two ends of the shank members backwards. At the opposite end' of the shank the member a vterminates and is twisted about the other member as at a2 so as to be securely heldin piace. The member a continues past the point of connection a2 and is unrein'ably bent soas to form a small coil spring D. freeend of the coil is extended 'so' esito form a pin E which is oi such length that 'the-end thereof may engaged by the guard as in the ordinary safetypin.

The arms b, b and b t', lie in the plane of th shank so that the whole is quite thin an l flat. The members a and a', as well as the two members forming each of the arms, are preferably separated some distanceironi each other so that the body portibn .of the shank is comparatively wide and thin. A

In using the device, the bow or necktie may be tied about the shank between the projecting arms, the parts being so proportioned that any ribbon which will usually be employed will be Wider than the space between the two arms on each side of the device so that after the knot has been formed there can be no-snifting in the endwise direction'. It will now be apparent that by making the shank oi the device of two members, which are preferably spaced apart from each other, there is no tendency on the part of the knot torotate about the shank; the knot being therefore held securely against endwise movement and also against rotation upon the shank. The pin may be thrust through the clothing, as 'for example a coller, and than be snapped under the guard so as to lock the ribbon or neoktie' securely in ilaee. f if it be desired to use the device in connection with a bow or other ornament which has slready been made up, the ornament may bo sewed to the device by means of threads pass- ;ingthrough the spacewithin the arms and,

tion which is adapted for use in attaching bows or other ornaments to the hair. Itis also made Oi a single ieee of Wire. The shank A and the arms b, and b', b', are the same as in the other form but, since 1t is preferred to have two pins which pass throu h the hair, the guard is preferably made doubib; there being a guard 'c on one sido and a second guard chou the othen For the sake of stren th, the two strands of wire between the guar and the'shank are preferably' twisted asv at a3. At the opposite end of the shank, the member which corresponds to the member a in theiirst modification does not terminate ilo after being twisted about its companion member as at a, but is carried onward and, bent into thef ally terminates 1n a pin mem er E which is adapted to be en aged bythe guard c. The other member of t e shank is bent so as to form a similar spring member. D2 and also terminates 1n a pin member' designated as E2, this latter pin member coperating with the guard c.- The ornament, such as'` a bow or the like, may be secured to the shaJ'nk by either of the methods previously described, the whole being then secured to the hair by passing the pins E and E2 throu h a `strand of hair and then catching the en s of the `pins under the guards.

Instead of making the entire device of a single piece of wire, the body member comprising the 'shank and guard may be-made of sheet metal. Such an arrangement is shown in Fig. 3, wherein F is a comparatively broad, iiat shank having Jfourylaterally projecting arms f between the ends thereof, a guard G composed of two hook-shaped members g bent up 'from the sides )f the shank at one e"nd, and a pin supportfH composed of two lugs h bent upwardlygfromthe other end of the shank. 'lhe blank` may be stamped out of a sheet of metal whereupon the members g and la, are bent upwardly into the proper positions. I is a Ul-shaped pin, the yoke of which passes through perforations h in the ears h, the yoke consequently acting as a pivot about which the pin swin s. The ends of the pin are` of course caug t under the guard g, g to secure the device to the hair.

I -The arms f are preferably perforated as at so that an ornament maylbe secured to t e device by sewinI In t 's modication as Well as in the ot 'ers a ribbon may be tied moi/a coiled spr-ingD, and" correrel y aboutthe shank and be held against endwise' gior rotary movement by the arms and by rea- A'son of the cross section of the shank, respectively. v i A o In Fig. 4 I have shown this device with a ribbon .K knotted about the shank as at '7c preparatory to forming a bow. While I have described my invention in detail las embodied in a few referred forms only, I do not desire to 'be llmited to these particular forms, as will be evident from the definitions of my invention which constitute theappended claims.

Having now fully described my invention, what Iclaimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described comprising an elongated -shank of greater width than' thickness, apair of cross arms projecting beyond opposite edges of said shank near the ends thereof, said arms being spaced apart far enough to permit aribbon to be knotted about the shank between them,

and there being perforations in the outer ends of said arms, a pin secured at one end to one end of theshank and a guard for at the o posite end of the shank. 2. A evice oi the characterdescribedmade of a single piece of wire bent into the form of a shank comprising two arallel members, separated arms extending aterally from each member of the shank, a guard at one end of the shank, and a pin at the other end of the shank and adapted to be engaged by the guard.

In'testimony whereof, I sign this specifica;

* tion 1n the presence of two witnesses.

GEO. E. TARNOW. Witnesses A WM. F. FREUDENREICH, HARRY S. GAITHER.

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